Research Skills Session 7: Indexing Research Tools

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@aleebrahim
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Nader Ale Ebrahim, PhD
Research Visibility and Impact Consultant
19th November 2019
All of my presentations are available online at:
https://figshare.com/authors/Nader_Ale_Ebrahim/100797
Research Skills
Session 7: Indexing Research Tools
Research Visibility and Impact Center-(RVnIC)
©2019-2021 Dr. Nader Ale Ebrahim

Abstract
Researchers need tools to represent research backgrounds in a
visual map, or in the text format. Some computer programs are
used for bibliometric mapping. One of them is VOSviewer.
The VOSviewer pays special attention to the graphical
representation of bibliometric maps. Dr. Nader introduces
some tools for visualizing a bibliometric data and explore
literature from his Research Tools Mind Map. The Research
Tools enable researchers to follow the correct path in research
and ultimately produce high-quality research outputs with
more accuracy and efficiency.
Keywords: H-index, Improve citations, Research tools, Bibliometrics,
Research visibility, Research impact

Do Research,
Don't Re-Search

Research Tools Mind Map
Web of Science
SCOPUS
EndNote
OATD
& many more Research Tools
Source: https://pixabay.com/en/books-stack-learn-study-library-1015594/
dtSearch
SpringerExemplar
Qiqqa
Academic Phrasebank
& many more tools Source: http://fotomelia.com/?download=homme-bureau-ordinateur-images-gratuites
Journal Citation Reports
Journal Metrics
Manuscript matcher
Find the perfect journal for your article
& many more Research Tools Source: https://pixabay.com/en/discussion-session-white-male-1874791/

Session Topic
1. Introduction
2. Selecting keywords
3. Finding Research Papers
4. Evaluate a paper quality
5. Managing Research
6. Read a paper
7. Indexing Desktop Research Tools
8. Avoid Scientific Misconduct
9. Writing a Paper
10. Improve paper quality
11. Target Suitable Journal
12. Improve your Research Visibility and Impact

Tasks for the first session
1. Structure & planning your research (Draw the
literature map)
2. Read:
• https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/2_AssessmentTasks/assess_tuts/
lit_review_LL/reading.html
• Cottrell, S. (2005). Critical thinking skills - Developing Effective Analysis and
Argument. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Chapter 3 of “Creswell, J. W. (2012). Educational research: Planning,
Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research (4th ed.).
Boston: Pearson Education, Inc”
• Chapter 3 of “Saunders, M., Lewis, P., & Thornhill, A. (2009). Research methods
for business students (5th ed.). Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex CM20 2JE,
England: Pearson Education Limited.”

Tasks for the second session
1. Create the log file for your search term/s
2. Identify the main keywords set for your research
3. Identify the alternative keywords set for your research
4. Evaluate the search terms
5. Looking for selected keywords sets on:
 SCOPUS
 Web of Science Core Collection
6. Write the methodology used for selecting the final keywords set

Tasks for the third session
1. Install a reference management
software
2. Download selected papers (based on the
final keywords set) into the reference
management software

Tasks for the fourth session
1. Measure the downloaded papers/journal's quality
2. Rate the downloaded papers in your Desktop
Endnote library
3. Turn on Alert system in Scopus, WoS and other
databases based on the selected papers

Tasks for the fifth session
1. Create your own thesis/paper table of contents
2. Identify the main topics from your collected
documents
3. Create your literature review/Thesis Mind Map
4. Plan your Thesis/Paper writing process

Task for the sixth session
1. Read Keshav, S. (2007). How to read a paper. ACM
SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review,
37(3), 83-84.

Outline
No. Topic
1 Visualizing bibliometric networks
2 Indexing desktop search tool
3

Visualizing bibliometric
networks.

Source: Aryadoust, V., & Ang, B. H. (2019). Exploring the frontiers of eye tracking research in language studies: a novel co-
citation scientometric review. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1-36. doi:10.1080/09588221.2019.1647251

Software Source: https://www.vosviewer.com/

Indexing desktop search
tool

dtSearch

Search Request: Questionnaire design
Total files: 259
Total hits: 1,852
Front_Cover.PDF
Hits: 8
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a standard form on which facts, comments
and attitudes can be recorded, and facilitate data processing.
This new edition of Questionnaire Design explains the role of questionnaires
in market research,
and looks at different types of questionnaire and when and how they

Tasks for the seventh session
1. Install Dtsearch and create a report based on the
most frequent keywords
2. Use VOSviewer to create some visual figures for
your manuscript
3. Create database on Dtsearch
4. Generate a Microsoft Word file from a search results
of Dtsearch

aleebrahim@Gmail.com
@aleebrahim
https://publons.com/researcher/1692944
http://scholar.google.com/citations
Nader Ale Ebrahim, PhD
Research Visibility and Impact Consultant
All of my presentations are available online at:
https://figshare.com/authors/Nader_Ale_Ebrahim/100797
Thank you!

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1. A. Ghanbari Baghestan, H. Khaniki, A. Kalantari, M. Akhtari-Zavare, E. Farahmand, E. Tamam, N. Ale Ebrahim, H. Sabani, and M.
Danaee, (2019) “A Crisis in “Open Access”: Should Communication Scholarly Outputs Take 77 Years to Become Open Access?,”
SAGE Open, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 1-8,
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Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3192794
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References
1. Aryadoust, V., & Ang, B. H. (2019). Exploring the frontiers of eye
tracking research in language studies: a novel co-citation
scientometric review. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1-36.
doi:10.1080/09588221.2019.1647251
2. Van Eck, N. J., & Waltman, L. (2010). Software survey: VOSviewer, a
computer program for bibliometric mapping. Scientometrics, 84(2),
523-538. doi:10.1007/s11192-009-0146-3

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